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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it will make $6 million available... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Launch of USDA Programs to Address Invasive Blue Catfish

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee calling for renewed U.S. engagement to protect Christian communities in Israel and... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Urges U.S. Diplomatic Efforts with Israel to Protect Religious Freedom of Christians in Holy Land

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) proposed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2026 agriculture funding bill to block the Trump Administration’s illegal and harmful USDA... Continue Reading about TRANSCRIPT: Van Hollen Proposes Amendment to Block Trump USDA Reorganization Plan

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) introduced the Fresh Start Act, legislation to support states in implementing automated record... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Blunt Rochester Introduce Fresh Start Act to Remove Barriers for Formerly Incarcerated Americans

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was joined by 16 of his Senate colleagues in pressing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to reinstate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Administration to Reinstate EPA Employees Retaliated Against for Exercising Free Speech Rights

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, announced the Committee’s approval of two of his bills to... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Bills to Improve Homebuying Process for Veterans Included in Bipartisan Housing Package Approved by Key Committee

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 19 of their Senate colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Welch, 19 Senators Call for Answers on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Press Administration to Cease Funding GHF

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen Mark the Maldives' 60th Anniversary of Independence

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) urged the Trump Administration to immediately release federal funds that have been withheld from... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Urge Trump Administration to Release Withheld Federal Funding for Senior Jobs Programs in Maryland

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski and April... Continue Reading about Maryland Delegation Members’ Statement on Future of BARC

Today, Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and ... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers in Introducing Bill to End Subminimum Wages for Workers with Disabilities

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 28 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, 28 Senators Call on Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-Led Investigation into Death of American Citizen in West Bank

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding Judge Xinis’ ruling that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned to Maryland upon release in... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Judge Xinis Ruling that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be Returned to Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation, John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Michael Bennet... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Moran, Boozman, Bennet Introduce Bill to Bolster Aviation Safety

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), released the following statement... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Committee Passage of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Bill

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), released the... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Partisan Reversal by Appropriations Committee Republicans on FBI Headquarters

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), and Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Durbin Call on AG Bondi to Immediately Release Epstein Files

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his opposition to Republican legislation championed by Trump and DOGE to claw back important... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Passage of Trump and Republicans’ Bill to Gut American Public Broadcasting, Foreign Aid

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.) reintroduced their Consumer Online Payment Transparency and Integrity (Consumer OPT-IN)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Clarke Introduce Bill to Safeguard Consumers from Online Subscription Traps, Require Companies to Shift from Opt-Out Requirements to Opt-In

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) urged the Trump Administration to immediately fill the lifeguard positions at Assateague Island National... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Urge Trump Administration to Restore Lifeguard Staffing at Assateague Island National Seashore